Interview with Ken Cunningham (When the war came to Australia)

Accession Number F04016
Collection type Film
Measurement 23 min 50 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description Betacam SP/Colour/sound
Maker Look Television Productions Pty Ltd
Date made 11 January 1991
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1990-1999
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Interview with Ken Cunningham, Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Australian Navy. Discusses the importance of Singapore to Australia and feelings at home after the fall of Singapore, his service in the Indian Ocean, relations between American servicemen and aborigines, his impressions of the effect of war upon Australians and his own life. Interview also conducted with Dulcie Cunningham whom he married after the war.